Disclaimer: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is owned by Hasbro...but I'm sure you already knew that :P.
Anywho, I'm no stranger to the world of fanfiction, but the last time I wrote one was December of 2005...yeah, about 6 years. I probably would've gone on longer if I didn't get into this pony craze :P. So I thought I would give fanfiction another try. Anyways, please bear with me, as I try to get back into the writing groove, so to speak. I'll start with a good ol' parody to get the creative juices flowing. It won't be a total parody, though. After all, I have to keep it in the pony universe, as well as keep everyone in-character. Also, if the format kinda sucks to you, keep in mind that I was using TinyWord, and had to save it in Rtf. Well, I've wasted enough of your time, so let's get started.
Buck to the Future
Chapter 1
It was a quiet early morning, and we pan in to the inside of Twilight Sparkles tree house. The young mare and her assistant dragon were nowhere to be seen. All that was present were several strange contraptions. Clocks, toasters, coffee makers, televisions, you name it. For reasons still unknown to us, they were all set up to activate at a certain time. Suddenly, one by one, each machine, one by one, started its own unique wake-up call. As the sounds grew in unison, they became louder. Strange enough, there was still nopony or dragon to be seen.
That's when there was a knock on the door. It was the rainbow maned Pegasus, Rainbow Dash. Twilight Sparkle had called her yesterday to ask for some help in one of her latest experiments. Normally the rainbow mare would make an excuse and avoid one of her crazy magic experiments. However, she fell for the old flattery trick. She was told that in order for this experiment to work, she would need the fastest pony in all of Equestria, and there's nopony that fits the bill better than Rainbow Dash.
In hindsight, Rainbow Dash was regretting falling for such an obvious trick. It was too late now, though. She had already promised to help, and couldn't back out now. Her element of Harmony was loyalty, after all.
After much knocking and calling, she decided to let herself in. She wasn't about to waste her day just waiting. Her idea was to wake up the sleeping pony. That is, if she was sleeping.
"Hey Twilight?" she called out as she opened the door. She then stepped in. "Twilight! Hello? Anypony home?" She then decided to call Spike. "Spike, come here!" She looked around with a slightly confused expression as she looked around the machine filled room and it's somewhat annoying sounds. "What's goin on-" Her pondering was cut short by an awful smell. "Geez! That is disgusting!" she said as she held her nose with her wing. " She's normally messy, but not like this! Just where the hay are they?"
As she looked around wondering what had gotten into her brainy friend, she noticed something interesting. It was some kind of sound amplifier. It was similar to the ones used by professional ponies when having one of their fancy shows. She didn't particularly care for those things, but the beats they gave out were always pretty cool. She then noticed a guitar. Strange enough, it was designed so that anypony could use it, not just unicorns or ponies that learned how to pluck the strings with their hooves. Now getting excited, she looked around to make sure nopony saw her, and picked it up. She then plugged it into the sound amplifier.
"This is gonna be so cool!" She thought to herself. "Wait. This needs to be extra cool. 20% cooler, actually." She then flicked the switches on the amplifier, maxing out the potential volume. "Hehehe. Here we go." She then attached the guitar pick to her horseshoe, and struck the first note.
Obviously, this wasn't a wise move, as the pressure from the amplifier caused her to fly off her hooves, and into Twilights book case, knocking all the books on top of her. As she slowly got up from the rubble of books and scrolls, she gazed at the now broken sound amplifier.
"Whoa." she said. "That was awesome." Suddenly, there was a loud buzzing noise. Rainbow Dash frantically got up to see where it was coming from. It was then that Twilight Sparkles other assistant, Owlowiscious, came flying in through the now open window. He had a buzzer around his neck, which triggered as a device to let himself in. He was also carrying a scroll.
"So what'cha got there?" she asked.
"Who." replied the owl.
"You. Duh."
"Who."
"I don't have time to play your stupid games! Now where's Twilight Sparkle and Spike?"
"Who."
"My purple friends, who else?" Rainbow Dash answered as she rolled her eyes.
"Who."
"Just give me that!" she exclaimed as she snatched the scroll from the owls beak. "Stupid bird." she muttered. She began to read the scroll aloud.
"Dear Rainbow Dash. Sorry about not being here when I was supposed to. A big emergency came up, and Spike and I had to attend to it right away. Also, sorry about the mess. I was trying to find a way to mix unicorn magic with goblin technology. Long story, I'll tell you about it later. Anyway, I made a major breakthrough in one of my experiments, and I'll need your assistance. This is hush-hush, so don't tell anyone."
Rainbow Dash grinned at the thought that her pony friend would actually have a secret of her own. "Twilight Sparkle? Having a secret? Ha! Well this is gonna be fun!"
"So long as you don't tell anyone." Chimed in a bubbly voice, causing the Pegasus to almost jump through the ceiling.
"Pinkie Pie!" she exclaimed, turning to face the pink pony, who was smiling cheerfully the whole time. "Don't do that! What are you doing here anyway?"
"Well," she started. "I was skipping down the street humming this really catchy tune about power and love. Then all of a sudden, I got a twitch. My tail was shaking, which could only mean something was falling. I didn't have my umbrella hat with me, so I ran towards Twilights house. The door was already open, so I let myself in, hoping to avoid falling objects. Then I saw you, and you were like 'here we go', and I was like, 'this isn't gonna end well', so I hid in the kitchen. Then there was this loud noise..."
Rainbow Dash groaned to herself, eyes narrowed. She didn't ask for so much detail, and was regretting ever asking the hyperactive pony anything at all. She then silently read the rest of the letter.
"(Meet me at the edge of the Everfree forest at 1:15am.)". Rainbow Dash groaned, dreading to have to be awake that late at night. "(Thank you again for helping me with this urgent project. Sincerely, Twilight Sparkle. P.S., If I know Pinkie Pie like I think I know her, she's probably about to have another twitch due to my experiment to have all the appliances activate and then shut down at the precise time I set them to. Or blow a fuse. I forget which. Tell her not to worry.)"
Rainbow Dash put the scroll down, and looked at Pinkie Pie, who was just wrapping up her long description to one simple question.
"...and then that's how I ended up here talking to you." she then caught her breath for a few seconds, panting quickly. "Wow. That was a mouthful." Suddenly, her nose started to twitch. "Uh-oh! My nose is twitching in a vertical motion. This either means a loud noise is coming up, or I'm about to experience a big sneeze."
Just then, the machines that were set up blew a fuse in near-unison, some catching fire, which Owlowiscious promptly put out with a nearby fire extinguisher.
"Just what was the point of that?" Rainbow Dash asked aloud. "They technically didn't go off at the exact time."
"Tell me about it." Pinkie Pie added. "That clock is 25 minutes slow. It's no wonder the machines couldn't get the time right."
The rainbow Pegasus' eyes nearly bulged out. "D-did you say that clock is 25 minutes slow?" She then frantically made her way to the door. "I'm late for my first audition! The Wonderbolts were so impressed by that last air show, they wanted to see if I was capable of repeating the sonic rainboom!" She then turned towards Pinkie Pies direction. "Lock up Twilights place for me! I gotta go!" And with that, she zoomed out of sight, leaving the pink pony alone with Twilights other assistant. However, instead of locking up, she ran towards her friends direction, singing a song (The Power of Love) as she ran.
"The power of love is a curious thing
Make a one colt weep, make another colt sing
Change a hawk to a little white dove
More than a feeling that's the power of love
You don't need bits, don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
It's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life
That's the power of love
That's the power of love
Can you feel it ?"
Rainbow Dash ignored the background singing, and jetted to the clouds, past the other sky buildings, and to the entrance to where the auditions were being held. For some reason, the audition was being held at her parents old school. Fluttershy was waiting for her at the steps.
"Hey, Fluttershy." she greeted to her friend.
"Hi, Rainbow Dash." she meekly replied. "I-I wouldn't go this way. You're already late, and there's this other pony there who looks really mean. I think he might be one of the judges."
"Don't worry about me." the Pegasus answered cooly. "As long as the Wonderbolts are impressed, this other pony shouldn't be any problem."
"Oh I hope you're right." she then opened the door. "H-hurry now."
The two Pegasi quickly and quietly sped through the halls to reach the entrance to the bleachers. When they finally reached the double doors that awaited the audition, Rainbow Dash extended her hoof to open the door, but Fluttershy stopped him.
"Wait." she said. "Do you have a good excuse? It would be really really bad if you were late without a good reason."
"Of course I do." Rainbow Dash answered with confidence. "You see, it wasn't actually my fault. Twilight had the clocks set 25 minutes late, and-"
Suddenly, she was interrupted by the door opening by itself. It was an older looking Pegasus, with a white coat, grey tail, and no mane.
"Rainbow Dash, I presume?" The bald Pegasus asked rhetorically. "I don't know who this Twilight is, but it's still no excuse for tardiness." He then glared at Fluttershy, who quickly hid behind Rainbow Dash. "As for you, shouldn't you be in class somewhere?"
"Well, you see," Fluttershy started to explain, "I'm too old to be a student, and", but was interrupted by the louder Pegasus.
"Don't give me your excuses, young lady! Now get out of here before you get in bigger trouble!"
Scared witless, the pink maned Pegasus ran out of the building as fast as her hooves could take her. The bald pony then led Rainbow Dash through the doors.
"Now let me give you a bits worth of free advice." he started. "Tardiness is a sign of slackers. And I may not know you personally, although you have a familiar aura about you. But if I had to go on first impressions, I'd say you were a slacker!"
"I'm anything but!" she protested. "I worked my flank off perfecting my flying skills! And thanks for scaring off my only cheerleader!"
"You got a real mouth on you, slacker!" then something dawned on him. "Now I know who you remind me of. You remind me of your mother, and she was a slacker too."
"Can I go now? I'd rather not lose my chance to become a member of the Wonderbolts, just because I kicked your teeth in for insulting my mom!"
"About that. According to her permanent record, she never really amounted to much, and neither will you, so why are you even bothering?"
This made Rainbow Dash glare at the pony, fire in her eyes.
"You just crossed the line, mister. I'm no longer responsible for what's about to happen to you!"
Just then, a blue Pegasus by the name of Soarin, also known for being a Wonderbolt member, jumped between them.
"There won't be any of that." he stated. Then turned towards Rainbow Dash. "While it wasn't a good idea being late, you didn't keep us too long." then he turned towards the older pony. "As for you, scolding is one thing, but that was just uncalled for!"
"I'm sorry." the bald pony said, his head down. "It's just that I get so frustrated by hooligans who think the rules of proper etiquette don't apply to them." he then cleared his throat. "Anyway, thank you again for raising the schools reputation by having the audition here. Shall we commence with the audition?"
Just then, Pinkie Pie, along with Fluttershy, Rarity, and Applejack, rose above the bleacher stadium, riding a hot air balloon. Rainbow Dash opened her mouth to ask how she got the balloon and Fluttershy over here so quickly, but then quickly decided against it, not wanting to hear another tiresome story.
"You made it!" she said excitedly. "But, where's Twilight?"
Pinkie Pie hung her head low. "She left a note apologizing that she couldn't make it. It was under the other note that she left. You know, the one-" she then quickly shut her own mouth with her front hooves. "Oops! Almost spilled the beans!"
"What are you going on about, Pinkie?" asked Applejack. "Where's Twilight?"
The pink pony shook her head fiercely. "Nope! She wanted to keep it a secret. Only Rainbow Dash was supposed to know."
"Then how in the hay did you come about knowing that secret?"
"Well," she started, "it began when I went-" her mouth was quickly shut by Rarity's hoof.
"Enough, darling." she interrupted. "I have a headache right now, and only came to support our dear friend. I'm sure Twilight had a good reason for not letting the rest of us know, but since she was kind enough to keep my secret, I'm going to do her the honor of allowing her to keep hers."
"Well at least tell us she's alright." Applejack added.
"Of course." Pinkie Pie answered.
"Um, if you girls don't mind," Fluttershy stammered, "perhaps, well, we could watch Rainbow Dash's audition? It is her day. If that's okay with everyone."
The girls quickly turned their attention to their rainbow maned friend, who was already on the starting point, getting ready for her big moment. The other ponies immediately started cheering her on, despite it not starting yet. Rainbow Dash gave them a wave, and then put her focus back on the track.
"Now before you begin," the bald pony started, "in order to qualify, you must perform the following feats; fly through every cloud ring, fly through a rain cloud fast enough to avoid getting wet, perform three air loops and four barrel rolls, and then finish it off with the signature sonic rainboom. That is, if you think you're good enough for the Wonderbolts."
"Not only am I good enough, but I'll beat it in record time!"
"Well let's see if your performance is as good as your bravado. Now...GO!"
And with that, and true to her namesake, Rainbow Dash sped towards the obstacle course in a blinding speed, using the cheering of her pony friends as fuel. Within two seconds flat, she went through every cloud ring, and in half a second, dashed through the rain cloud, all without one drop of water on her. She quickly completed the three loops, as well as the four barrel rolls. Finally, she gained momentum for the final move; the sonic rainboom.
She quickly flew to the sky, made a quick u-turn without braking, and sped downwards to complete her move. Sure enough, and to everyones amazement, she sped right back up to the sky, creating the awesome rainbow she had made on only two occasions. Her friends cheered wildly as she made her landing right in front of the Wonderbolts, who gave her a standing ovation. The bald pony, almost speechless, managed to close his gaping jaw, and approached the rainbow-maned pony he has previously thought so little of.
"That was unbelievable." he said. "I take back what I said about you being a slacker. If your mother had the same kind of passion for flying that you do, why, you'd be known as the daughter of the fastest pony who ever lived. Instead, I shall refer to you as Rainbow Dash, new member of the Wonderbolts." he then turned towards said group. "That is, if you'll have her."
Soarin nodded. "Of course. She has proven to be, without a doubt, very impressive." he then turned towards Rainbow Dash. "Welcome to the group. Your training starts first thing next week."
Unable to contain her excitement, Rainbow Dash cheered wildly, each hugging the Wonderbolt members, then racing towards her friends, tackling them from their airborne contraption.
"IdiditIdiditIdidit!" she cried in excitement. "I'm now a member of the Wonderbolts! My lifelong dream has come true!"
"Congratulations, Dash!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie. "I knew you could do it!"
"Never doubted ya for a second." Applejack added.
"Please! Was there ever any doubt to begin with?" Rarity added.
"I'm so proud of you." Fluttershy said politely. "So what now?"
"Well whatever it is," Soarin started, "you only have a week to do it. The Wonderbolt training regime is no laughing matter. We only expect the best from the best of the best."
With this, Rainbow Dash gave a respectful salute, whom the Wonderbolts gave a respectful salute in return. After that, the Wonderbolts took to the skies, got in formation and quickly dashed out of sight, leaving the bald pony to clean up the wreck the pressure of their lift off had created.
"Let's go to my place and have a victory party!" Pinkie Pie said all of a sudden.
"Good idea." Rainbow Dash replied. "But you guys go on ahead. I gotta go visit my parents, and tell them the great news."
"Okie-Dokie-Lokie! It won't be ready until this evening, so you got time. Just don't take too long. It's not a victory party without the victor, or something like that."
"I won't. See ya guys later!"
And with that, she sped toward the direction of her parents home. Pinkie Pie started singing the rest of the song she sang earlier, ignoring the awkward stares from her other friends.
"That's the power of love
That's the power of love
First time you feel it
It might make you sad
Next time you feel it
It might make you mad
But you'll be glad, baby
When you've found
That's the power
Makes the world go round
And it don't take bits
Don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
It's strong and it's sudden
It can be cruel sometimes
But it might just save your life"
"How can her voice project that far?" Rainbow Dash pondered to herself as she landed in front of her parents home. Her thoughts were quickly interrupted by the family carriage being towed away.
"Perfect. Just perfect." she groaned as she was about to knock on the door. Noticing it was already open, she just let herself in, briefly slowing her steps to hear a female voice in the living room. She looked at the pony whose voice it belonged to. It was a female Pegasus, about the age of her parents. She was a blue pony wearing a dark blue coat and had a white mane. She was giving some lecture to her mother.
"I can't believe you loan me your carriage," the pony was saying, "without tellin' me it had a blind spot. I could've been killed!"
Rainbow Dash's mother, who was a turquoise Pegasus with a purple mane, started to speak, somewhat tripping over her words.
"N-now, Tiff, I never noticed th-that the carriage had any blind spot b-before when I would ride it." she quickly turned towards her daughter. "Hi, Dash." she greeted rather embarrassingly, who was given an eye roll in response.
"What are you, blind, Dash?" Tiff continued with her berating as Rainbow Dash looked on in disgust, wondering why her own mother, the one who birthed her, could be so spineless. "How else do you explain that wreck out there?"
"N-now Tiff, c-can I assume that your, uh, insurance is going to pay for the damage?"
"My insurance?" she replied with irritation. "It's your carriage! Your insurance should pay for it! I want to know who's gonna pay for this?" she motioned at the stain on her coat. "I spilled fermented berry juice all over it when I was smashed into. Who's gonna pay my cleaning bill?"
"Um..."
"And where's my reports?"
"Well, um, I haven't finished those up yet, but I figured since they weren't due until-"
Tiff sighed, lowered the timid pony's head, and began literally knocking on it.
"Hello? Hello? Anypony home? Huh?" then she stopped and looked directly at her. "Think, Dash. Think! I gotta have time to get 'em retyped. Do you realize what would happen if I hand in my reports with your quill-writing? I'll get fired."
"(So let her!)" Rainbow Dash thought to herself. She hated how whenever this pony would come and visit, she would harass and take advantage of her mother. One time, she couldn't take watching the abuse go on any further, so she beat the living daylights out of her mother's bully. Unfortunately, Tiff found a good lawyer, and managed to sue her for bodily harm. With the whole recently joining the Wonderbolts, she couldn't afford to mess anything up.
"You wouldn't want that to happen, now would ya?"
"(Oh we wouldn't want that, now would we)?"
"O-of course not." Mrs. Dash stammered. "I wouldn't want that to happen. Now I'll, um, finish up those reports tonight, and I'll fly them over to you first thing tomorrow."
"All right. Not too early, though. I sleep in on Saturdays." she then trotted over to the refrigerator, and helped herself to a fermented berry drink. "Wow, I go through the trouble of having your carriage towed all the way to your house, and all you got for me is lightly fermented?" she gave a light chuckle as she finished her drink, and walked toward the door. Rainbow Dash shot her a glare, which she in turn stared awkwardly.
"What are you lookin' at, flank-head?" she asked rhetorically.
"Not much." Rainbow Dash answered with a glare. "And another lawsuit is looking pretty tempting right now."
Tiff looked a little nervous for a second, then just scoffed. "Whatever. Say hello to your father for me." then she left in a huff.
Mrs. Dash, feeling rather embarrassed about her daughter witnessing what just happened, walked towards her, head downcast.
"I know what you're going to say, Rainbow, and you're right. But uh, Tiff just happens to be my supervisor, and I'm afraid I'm just not very good at...confrontations."
This made the colorful Pegasus sigh in annoyance. "But the carriage, mom. I mean, she wrecked it! Totaled it! You were gonna let me borrow it tomorrow. I mean, do you have any idea how important this was to me? I was going to take my friends joy-flying in a victory celebration."
"I know, and all I can say is I'm...I'm sorry." the last part was said with a partial tear coming out of her eye.
Just then, a male Pegasus entered the house. He was turquoise, but had a brown mane.
"Um, I couldn't help but notice that the carriage is totaled." he said. "Honey? You let Tiff borrow it, didn't you?"
She silently nodded.
"Now honey I told you several times. If you don't stand up for yourself, she's just gonna keep trampling all over you."
"I-I know, and I'm sorry."
"Well it's okay. You'll get the hang of it one day." he then turned his attention towards their daughter. "Hi, Rainbow. What brings you here this not-so-fine day?"
"I have some great news! I made the-"
"Hold that thought." he interrupted. "If it's great news, we certainly must hear it over a nice dinner."
"Well I am kinda hungry."
"Then it's settled. Let's eat!"
After much time has passed, Rainbow Dash, Mr. Dash, and Mrs. Dash were sitting at the table enjoying some Daffodil sandwiches, hay fries, and apple juice.
"So what's the big news?" Mr. Dash asked.
"Get this." Rainbow Dash started. "Today I was auditioning to join the Wonderbolts...and I got in!"
Both parents cheered upon hearing this.
"Way to go." said Mrs. Dash.
"That's my filly!" added Mr. Dash. "So when do you start?"
"Sometime next week. At least, that's when training starts."
"By the way," Mrs. Dash started, "while you and your father were outside fixing the carriage, and I was inside preparing dinner, you got a call from one of your friends. Fluttershy, I think it was. She said that your party is going to have to be postponed until tomorrow. Something about Pinkie overdoing it."
"Sounds like something Pinkie would do." Rainbow Dash replied. She knew her friend loved parties, and always goes to great lengths to throw one. She should've known better that throwing one at such short notice would take some extra planning. "Oh well. I had some business to take care of anyways."
"That reminds me." Mr. Dash suddenly said. "When are you going to bring Fluttershy over for dinner? She sounds like a nice filly, and we'd like to see what it is about her that's grabbed your affection."
This made Rainbow Dash's eyes narrow. "For Celestia's sake, dad, not this again! Fluttershy is not my girlfriend! And despite what you may think of tom-ponies, I'm not like that!"
"Oh, Rainbow. Always with the tough pony act. Been like that since you were little."
"Just because I'm not all girly, like mom, doesn't mean I don't like colts! I'm just not interested in a relationship, that's all!"
"Speaking of relationships," Mrs. Dash started to say, hoping to derail the subject, "I'll never forget the time back in high school when I met your father."
"You mean when grandpa accidentally hit you with a carriage, causing you to fly through the closed window?" Rainbow Dash asked, her eyes giving a roll. "Not exactly a fond memory."
"It was meant to be." she answered matter-of-factly. "Anyway, if your grandpa hadn't sent me crashing through that window, I would've never met your father face to face, and you wouldn't be born."
"Yeah...well...I still don't understand what you were doing in the middle of a fly zone."
"Yeah, I remember that." Mr. Dash added. "What was it you said you were doing? Bird watching?"
"Um, uh, what? Uh, yeah."
"Anyway," Rainbow Dash interrupted, hoping to conclude this family gathering. She had planned to get a bit of sleep before having to meet Twilight Sparkle in the middle of nowhere, and in the middle of the night. "let me just wrap this up. grandpa hit mom with a carriage and sent her through dads window. Dad nursed her back to health, but instantly fell in love. Long story short, you two hit it off, danced at the prom, blah blah blah, and bam! You have a family."
"Ah, the enchantment over the sky dance." Mr. Dash fondly remembered. "I'll never forget it. It was the night of that terrible thunderstorm. Somepony must've thought it was a good idea to literally rain on someone's parade. Your mother kissed me for the very first time on that dance floor. It was then that I realized that I was gonna spend the rest of my life with her."
"Yeah." Mrs. Dash agreed. "Maybe you'll one day find that colt of your dreams as well, Dash."
"Or mare." Mr. Dash added. "Either way, we'll be proud of you."
"That's it, I'm outta here!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed in complete annoyance. "I gotta get some sleep anyways. Twilight has some crazy experiment she wants me to help her with, and it apparently can't wait until tomorrow."
"Well you be careful." Mr. Dash said. "You're a tough filly, but who knows what strange things happen late at night."
"I know." then she kissed both parents on the forehead. "It was nice seeing you again. Gotta go."
"You too." said Mrs. Dash. "And again, congratulations on getting accepted into the Wonderbolts."
And with that, Rainbow Dash exited the door and flew back home.
End of chapter 1.
Well, what do you think so far? I hope I did both franchises justice, all while keeping it different enough to be entertaining. I'll post the second chapter whenever I can get around to it. Life keeps me busy, and fanfiction is a secret hobby of mine, so I only write it when no one is around :P.
Anyways, I hope you look forward to chapter 2.